Queens, New York was the 'creatively-fertile' 'launch-pad' for a young John Frondelli... Born-into a musical-household in 1959, with a guitar-strumming-Dad, a 'radio-playing'-Mom and a musically-ambitious sibling, Michael... The planets were-indeed, 'aligned' for 'Young-J.R.', when The Beatles burst-onto the scene in 1964... and (as they-did for so many other budding-musicians), forever-changed the trajectory his career-path!

At the age of six, John acquired his first drum-set... albeit a cheap, toy-kit; but it was enough to keep him practicing-religiously, so by the age of ten, he was able to join a local, fledgling rock 'n roll-outfit. Comprised-of a few local-friends from Jackson Heights, they were, in JR's words... "so terrible, that they didn't even come-up with a name for this short-lived band"...

What followed was a variety of early, 'well-rounded' efforts, that included basement-jams, rockin'-power-trios, lots of auditions... and even stints in the Bryant High School (Long Island City) concert and jazz ensembles! This resulted in numerous-appearances at school talent-shows, dances & concerts, as well-as area-carnivals & parties.

By the time he hit his teens, JRF was developing quite an 'ear'... and felt 'less-than satisfied' with the skills of some of his 'six-string band-counterparts'... so he began to branch-out, honing his-own skills on guitar (and later, bass), to add to his budding drum-chops!

Upon high school-graduation in 1977, John attended Queens College for a few semesters as an engineering-major, before devoting himself to music 'full-time'.

In 1978, his brother Michael Frondelli was fast-becoming a 'name' audio-mixer in New York; (he later gained fame as an LA-based engineer, working with such rock-legends as Billy Idol, Brian Wilson, Garbage, Pat Benatar, Oingo Boingo and Crowded House, to name a few!). After paying some 'dues' at several Manhattan rehearsal-rooms, Mike was tenured 'behind the board' at such iconic NYC-studios as Broadway Recording and later, the legendary (Jimi Hendrix-built) Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, where he helped his 'bro-John land a position as a 'gopher', initially... Over his 3-year residency there, John subsequently 'blossomed' into a respected recording-equipment-maintenance-tech.

In 1979, while John continued to gig with assorted bands, he also worked a variety of musically-'related'-gigs; As a 'finisher' at Steinway Pianos, then, in the lab at the Berkey Photographic Equipment Company; and still-later, at a Jackson Heights music-tech-shop, where JR's reputation became MUCH-better than-that of his employer!

That prompted him, at the age of 21, to 'break-away' on his own and start his own 'audio services'-biz, right in his home-town! Three-years later, he embarked on an 8-year stint as a repair-department 'whiz' for the one & only 'Crazy Eddie' consumer-electronics-'empire' (1983-'91); Needless-to-say, "Eddie" finally drove John... 'insane'... (before ultimately driving the chain into 'Chapter-7'!)...

More tech-stints followed: at SONY-consumer-electronics, as well as private repair-shop employment. All the while, into the mid-80s, JRF continued to cycle-through endless-gigs, performing an assortment of club-dates, rock ' roll bars and even 'cruise-ship' tours! All the while, he continued to move-through the ranks as a session drummer in his own right, tracking many studio-dates, for a wide-variety of demo, album and jingle sessions.

By 1986, John was 'anchored' in the 'NY-society-orchestra'-scene, drumming his way to the most 'high-end' country clubs, halls and catering-houses in the tri-state area with the long-running club-date group, 'Cork', typically-logging over 100-dates annually! Through these years, he still 'chased the dream', earning 'drum-auditions' for notable national-touring-acts; Lenny Kravitz and Kool & The Gang!

In the early 90s, J-Fron's long-running residency at New York City's DBM Pro Audio Music Services, commenced! It was here that he met 'Kootz' guitar-man (and fellow audio-tech) Russ Crapella... In 2017 (at Russ-Plus's 'recommendation')... they became 'conjoined'-at... "The Kootz"!

These days, John loves spending time with his VERY-musically-talented son Alex and his wife, Penny... Besides continuing to troubleshoot, repair & modify audio-gear, you can find JR gigging on guitar with the Long Island-based band, 'For The Record'... BUT... You can certainly expect to see MUCH-more of this 'Metronomical-Man' and his tasteful, powerful drumming-style, when he appears with "The Kootz"! Why-not join-us... and check-out JR-Frondelli!